I attended an interesting meeting last night in Maryville; it seems that the cities who support municipal school systems have (finally, in some cases) taken notice of the grave threat to school funding posed by a concerted effort to change the fiscal capacity formula, which drives the local funding requirement portion of the BEP.

Folks traveled a goodly distance — some from Athens, and a group from Kingsport — to hear the presentation and to meet other local officials similarly situated.  Without question, we carry more clout if we’re all speaking from the same page when we go to Nashville.

While there, I also heard a rumor — but just a rumor — that Sen. Rusty Crowe may be named Chair of the Senate Education Committee.  It was, in fact, Sen. Crowe who invited me to address the Senate Education Committee last year when the TACIR System-Level Prototype was presented to them, after I explained the preceding evening how many millions the school systems in his district would lose under that plan.

We should know by the end of this week who’s chairing what.  And yes, Daco, today is Wednesday.  All day long.